Fact of the Week: 3/8/2013

Monopoly Guy

The Monopoly Guy

J.P. Morgan, (John Pierpont Morgan, 1837-1913) was the model for “Rich Uncle Pennybags”, the mascot for the historic board game Monopoly (1st U.S. edition, 1936)………. The board was modeled after the streets of Atlantic City, New Jersey.